There is a game we shouldn't play,
Yet some will play it every day.
We'll always lose if we take part.
We shouldn't even let it start.
It happens when we just can't face
"What really is" with truth and grace.
So we start to place some blame,
And soon this mode becomes a game.
When this happens we don't grow,
But tend to focus on each woe.
If we start to face what's wrong,
We soon will sing "a different song"!
Our own problems we can't shirk,
And blaming others just won't work!
If the problem is with me,
"Facing up" will set me free!
© 2009 Arlene Schwartzkopf